SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALLING PARTY TO SPECIFY A RING TONE USED BY A CALLED PARTY'S MOBILE PHONE
First Claim
1. A method, comprising at a server and in response to receipt of a called party'"'"'s telephone number and identification of a ring tone to be pushed to a mobile phone handset associated with the called party telephone number, transmitting the ring tone and an ANI to be associated therewith to the called party telephone number in a format suitable for use by the mobile phone handset associated with the called party'"'"'s telephone number.
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Abstract
A calling party is permitted to determine a ring tone to be played by a called party'"'"'s mobile phone. Upon receiving an indication of the called party telephone number and a ring tone to be pushed to the called party'"'"'s handset, the calling party is placed on hold on a conference bridge. The subject ring tone and a designated ANI are transmitted to the called party'"'"'s handset. Thereafter, an outbound call is placed to the called party'"'"'s handset such that a ringing signal transmitted to the called party'"'"'s handset includes the designated ANI. When a connection is established with the called party'"'"'s handset, the outbound call is bridged with the calling party'"'"'s call on the conference bridge. Alternatively, in some instances, calls may be place directly from the calling party to the called party along with an indication of a ring tone to be played.
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25 Claims
- 1. A method, comprising at a server and in response to receipt of a called party'"'"'s telephone number and identification of a ring tone to be pushed to a mobile phone handset associated with the called party telephone number, transmitting the ring tone and an ANI to be associated therewith to the called party telephone number in a format suitable for use by the mobile phone handset associated with the called party'"'"'s telephone number.
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8. A method, comprising transmitting a ring tone and an ANI associated with a telephone number from which a call will be placed to a mobile phone number associated with a called party identified by a calling party;
- at a handset associated with the mobile phone number, associating the ring tone and the ANI; and
, thereafter, placing the call to the mobile phone number so as to cause the handset associated with the mobile phone number to play the ring tone. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- at a handset associated with the mobile phone number, associating the ring tone and the ANI; and
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17. A method, comprising playing, at a mobile phone handset, a designated ring tone in response to receipt of a call from a calling party, said designated ring tone having been pushed to said mobile phone handset and installed thereon according to a sequence of computer-executable instructions stored on a SIM card used by said mobile phone handset, which instructions configure said mobile phone handset so that ring tones selected by a calling party can be triggered upon recognition of an ANI of the calling party or a USSD message.
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18. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions, which instructions, when executed by a processor, cause said processor to perform a method, comprising playing, on a mobile phone handset, a designated ring tone in response to receipt of a call from a calling party, said designated ring tone having been installed on said mobile phone handset according to a sequence of said computer-executable instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium responsive to an invitation to download the designated ring tone and associate the designate ring tone with an ANI of the calling party or a USSD message.
- 19. A method comprising contacting, using a first mobile phone, a server and specifying a ring tone to be pushed to a second mobile phone, the server inviting a user of the second mobile phone to download and install an instance of an operating system-level application, and after installation of said instance of said application, the server pushing the ring tone to the second mobile phone and the ring tone being saved at the second mobile phone so that it is associated with the ANI of the first mobile phone.
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